She reveals the sacred feminine as spiritual survival. In feminist eco-fashion she sees invisible connections between animate and inanimate, the miraculous within mundane. She accepts the challenge of Mormon theology, to translate spirit from materia, as living soul. Her images are aflame, impossible to ignore, arresting attention to awakening the self, body and soul. In the gaps between our molecules she sees electrons marry form and energy, architecture and theology. She finds "the axis of absolute reality" in every moment, by walking an inner landscape to the "cosmic odeum" in the center of our own being. Her facile grasp of poetic technique woos truth from words. Read at your own risk: you will be consumed by the alchemy catalyzed within these pages. --Maxine Hanks, editor of Women and Authority: Re-emerging Mormon Feminism

    Bennett shows the inner workings of the Mormon exodus by probing the minds and hearts of those who suffered and triumphed through this remarkably difficult hour in Latter-day Saint history.A work many years in the making, We''ll Find the Place looks behind the scenes to reveal Mormonism on the move, its believers sacrificing home, comfort, and sometimes life itself as they sought a safe refuge beyond the Rocky Mountains. It is faithful both to the convictions of the early pioneers and to the records they kept.

    Aptly named, the Palmyra Collector's Edition offers one a chance to read it just as early converts such as Brigham Young, Parley P. Pratt and Emma Smith would have.

    Now, the author invites you to be aligned with Christ and learn to turn mind, body, and will to the Savior and to claim the peace that comes from the assurance that you’re truly in tune with heaven. For those struggling to strengthen their relationship with Jesus and for all who are striving to withstand mortality’s feelings of unworthiness and hopelessness, this volume provides a simple, scripturally rich roadmap intended to lead you on a joyous journey of self-examination—to assess your own spiritual alignment, to reroute when necessary, and to come to know the love of the Savior—not just when you reach your desired destination, but along every step of the way.

    

    

    During his journeys and adventures on three continents, he often barely escaped the jaws of death. (New par.) Captured in the Canadian rebellion, he was condemned to a life sentence in the British penal colony at Van Diemen's Land, and made a daring escape from the island. Returning to the United States he headed west on the Oregon Trail, becoming acquainted with such notable figures as Brigham Young, Jim Bridger, and Parley P. Pratt. "James Gammell's exceptional life story deserves to be better known." (New line) -Stuart D. Scott, author, To the Outskirts of Habitable Creation (New par.) I just discovered your book and feel that all my Christmases have come at once! James Gammell (Gemmell) is my great-great-grandfather. What I've read in your book is amazing. Your research is excellent." (New line) -Sandra Baril, Sheridan, Montana

    

    Book of Mormon - Student Manual: Religion 121 and 122

    Recorded within its pages are some of the greatest moments in the Church's history, much of which might otherwise have gone unrecorded. He was personally acquainted with the Prophet Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and John Taylor, and kept a faithful record of many of their private meetings and counsel. Here for the first time in print are selected out the choicest gems of doctrine and history as they were recorded by this great man. Davis Bitton, Assistant Church Historian, wrote the following about Wilford Woodruff's journal, which covered the years from 1834 to 1898: It is one of this monumental examples of personal record-keeping. From the time he joined the Church in 1833 and through his long, eventful life, Wilford Woodruff must have spent an hour a day on it, even more when the occasion required, carefully setting down his experiences and feelings. Since he lived through exciting times and was often close to the centers of activity, his ardent consistency in writing produced one of the magnificent primary sources for the history of the Church during the nineteenth century. There are hundreds of surviving personal records from the Saints of the past century. To some extent the practice continues to the present. * * * Probably no people, with the possible exception of the Puritans or the early Quakers, have been so mindful of personal records as have the Latter-day Saints. How do we explain our zeal for writing personal journals? It doubtless was stimulated by the sense of being involved in events of historic, even cosmic, significance. * * * The advice came originally from the Prophet Joseph Smith and was repeated by other leaders for many years. All these diaries contribute, as no other records can, to our understanding of what life was like in the past, helping us to appreciate the achievements of our ancestors. It is not only the dramatic and colorful events that are worth recording. It is also valuable to know the daily round of activities, the hard physical labor that occupied most of the time of our ancestors, the hardships and discouragements. Besides, there are many incidents of daily life that are easily forgotten. Those who record them preserve precious moments that can later be cherished, relived as it were, by members of the family. Moments of humor, family incidents, sickness, prayer, conversations, visits--such is the stuff of diaries that become rich veins of delight and inspiration and information. Fortunately many of these vivid personal accounts have been published in whole or in part. * * * After all, if someone took the time and effort to write the account in the first place, it seems that those into whose hands the work has fallen should do what is necessary to see that it is preserved. * * * It is through such records that our historians, present and future, will endeavor to write a true and faithful history of the Latter-day Saints. (The Ensign, Nov. 1973, pp. 44-48) This one volume compilation has been corrected only for grammar and spelling. Otherwise the excerpts appear as on the original manuscripts. Those interested in further information regarding Woodruff's journal may consult the complete set of 15 journals.--The Publisherhttp://ogdenkraut.com/bookavailabilit...